I received it for Father's Day and was really excited to test it out. On the first cut a washer fell off the rear drive pulley. On inspection it turned out the rear mounting bolt head had sheared off. I contacted dewalt and they sent a replacement bolt. Then on another cut the bolt head sheared off again. It seems the pulley is not fully seated on the shaft and when the bolt is tightened it rests on the pulley. When the pulley turns it snaps the head off. It was too much trouble to send back to toolup for a replacement and no guarantee the I won't get another defective one. If I had bought this locally I would have returned it right away. I brought It to an authorized service center and was told the pulley,drive gear and shaft would be replaced. So basically I'm going to get a rebuilt for the price of a new one. If I didn't order a Swag bandsaw table and extra saw blades already I probably would have tried out the Milwaukee bandsaw instead.

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durable saw

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rod robbins on 10/30/2012

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tough saw

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none

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Yes

our crews use these daily in an outside enviroment cutting pipe in the mud. They end there life by getting smashed from other equipment but they will still run.We used millwakee before these.

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Best Band Saw on the Mrket

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Tony on 04/11/2011

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durable

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none

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Yes

I was using Milwaukee band saws previous to purchasing this dewalt. I like it a lot more. It feels like it has more power and I like the guards so if it does get dropped it won't break. We use this daily to cut pipe.